Chicken Stew in Heavy Cream

a delicious meal made with chicken, potatoes, onions, carrots, peas and optional sweet potatoes

This simple chicken stew recipe is fully loaded with tender chicken and vegetables simmered in a deliciously seasoned broth. If you have other vegetables you love (root vegetables are especially great) add them in!

If you’re using chicken breasts, I would suggest browning the chunks and then adding in the last 20 minutes or so.

Ingredients

Meat & Vegetables

• Chicken breast
• Carrots – diced
• Onion
• Potatoes – peeled and diced
• Red pepper finely diced
• Green beans or peas
• Celery  stalk– diced
• Sweet potatoes peeled and diced

Herbs & other ingredients

• Corn flour
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• Salt and Black pepper to taste
• Chicken broth or chicken stock
• Heavy cream

How to prepare the Stew

• Prepare the chicken broth
• Separate the chicken and the broth
• In a larger pot, brown chicken at a high temp. We do not need to cook it thoroughly; Just so as to caramelize it and to get a flavor.
• Saute the onions, carrots, celery and other vegetables in another pan
• Cook until the onion is slightly softened
• Add Salt and Pepper as per your taste
• Mix the sauteed vegetables, Brown’ed chicken, broth with the herbs and bring to a boil
• Reduce heat and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
• Remove lid and stir in green beans and cream.

How to thicken the Stew

• In a small vessel combine 2 tablespoons flour and 1 cup water or broth.
• Shake very well and ensure there are no flour lumps formed in the mixture
• Add a little at a time to boiling stew to reach desired thickness.
• Boil the stew for another 10 min or so. Do not cover the pot